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April 21, 2008
A nasty flu bug is making its way through the Red Sox clubhouse right now, so when PawSox pitcher David Pauley was a last-minute scratch from his start today at McCoy Stadium, there was some thought he might be on his way to Boston to start for Clay Buchholz today against the Rangers.
That’s not the case. In fact, the team sent Buchholz home very early today so he wouldn’t be hanging around with the possibility of getting sick. Pauley is on call just in case any of the starters contract the bug.
Catcher Jason Varitek is so sick he needed someone to pick him up at home yesterday and bring him to the ballpark. He received treatment and was sent home.
“Tek looked awful,” said Francona. “He looked bad. The bug is working its way around, like it always does. Hopefully it’ll stay away from the manager.”
The team even sent some of the training staff home in order to keep the damage in the clubhouse to a minimum.
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